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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kam187:
Games:

xgalaxy 2 (fun shooter game)

sky force [reloaded] (the fun old shooter on android)

frozen bubble (bubble shooter game)

robodefense (tower defence game)

tower raiders (tower defence game)

farm frency (farm game)

buka (game)

abduction (fun must have game)

paper toss (the old iphone favourite)

apps:

newspapers (newspapers from around the world)

shazam (listens to a song using your mic and identifies it)

spare parts (extra settings for android)

facebook (social networking)

flash player (flash for browser)

fring (good for SIP, MSN, yahoo etc)

word of the day (widget displays a new word every day)

apndroid (widget turns APN on/off to save ALOT of battery but of course u loose all data. ESSENTIAL app, for when you have very low battery and can sacrifice data for battery)

urbanspoon (find restraunts etc in local area)

nru (find restraunts etc near u)

wikitude (reality browser - try it at least once!)

google goggles (id's stuff by taking a picture)

totemo (puzzle game)

google translate (translation)

nexus one torch (uses LED as torch. ITS BRIGHT! very usefull)

movie finder (showtimes for local cincemas)

adobe reader (pdf viewer)

UK Stuff:

big top 40 (uk radio stations)

london journey/ london underground/tube status (UK tube maps, and tube status - how many mins to next train on platform)
[Vibrant General] rahduke:
I've removed a bunch of the crap apps that come pre-installed on the Galaxy, however the stupid icons still show up in my app menu. Anyone know how to get rid of these icons??
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
You can make a custom app draw and place the apps in the order you want. Not sure if you can fully remove an icon but you could create another page and place them all on that.

Edit: How did you remove the stock junk? I've looked in the Setting > apps menu but uninstall was grayed out.
[Vibrant General] rahduke:
you need to r00t it then use adb shell goto data>app> then use the rm -r command to remove anything u don't want....

I don't know how to create a custom app drawer, can you elaborate?

There has to be a better solution than that btw, anyone else?
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
open app draw > menu > view type > customizable grid > puts you back at app draw.

Menu > edit > move app icons at will and create multiple pages, pages can have as many for as few icons as you chose.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
I have removed these so far from /system/app:

AccountAndSync.apk

AddToHome.apk

Avatar.apk

BuddiesNow.apk

DualClock.apk

DualClock.odex

Email.apk

Email.odex

GoGo.odex

KindleStub.apk

MediaHub.apk

MobiTV.apk

MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk

Swype-Tips.apk

Telenav.apk

vvm-signed.apk
[Vibrant General] Mookie_Jones:
how did you get them to delete? when i do rm -r BuddiesNow.apk i get a permissions denied
[Vibrant General] bchalk:
You need to be root.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
1. Grab ADB from the SDK from Google and put the tools dir somewhere easy to access via command line

2. Install the USB drivers (I had to install 3 drivers)

3. Root the phone

4. CMD to wherever you put the tools directory

5. Run "adb remount"

6. Run "adb shell"

7. (inside of the shell) "su" to root (only if you get a $ prompt, if you have a # prompt skip this step)

8. "cd /system/app"

9. Delete the above apk's

Do not enter any quotes above, only enter the command inside of the quotes.

Any suggestions on any other apk's to delete?
[Vibrant General] timafey:
Simply reboot! That's all I did after I removed a bunch of apk and none of the icons show up anymore
[Vibrant General] Mookie_Jones:
I removed them and now it tells me that my camera doesn't work.
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
just wanted to post an alt method for those that dont like adb (we're out here, i have yet to install the drivers for this phone lol

Alt Method

1.	If you’re rooted, purchase Root Manager (a must have tool for rooted androids)

2.	Open Root Manager

3.	Select System apps

4.	Select App Remover

5.	Seleck .apk files you don’t want and remove them.

6.	Reboot the phone immediately after

7.	Now go to menu

8.	settings

9.	manage applications

10.	you will see apps that have their long name/path name “com.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx” and no icons

11.	those are the remnants of the apk files you used to have which were locked (hence needing Root Manager)

12.	uninstall these like you would any other non OEM/3rd Party app

13.	You should be done!

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i've removed telenav, mobitv, amazon mp3, and slacker radio so far

Let me know if this works for you guys or if i've missed anything (i am here to learn from this great community as well)

P.S. I had a hard time with Slacker Radio because i deleted the .apk as mentioned above but still had app in the app drawer and it still launched when i selected the icon. Turns out, I had updated it with AppBrain. When i went to uninstall Slacker through manage applications, it removed the update first then gave me a "uninstall unsuccessful". However when i went back to the list of apps, it did remove the icon and revert to "com.slacker.radio" in the apps list, then i went in to uninstall that and it worked fine. So, if any apps have updates on top of "factory", keep that in mind
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
I have noticed that the slacker radio and layar from samsung/TMO are quite gimped and don't really function very well. They seem to be tied to TMO and wants to charge your TMO account monthly for something. (I didn't really look close, I got to the "we want to charge your account" part and canceled.) I deleted them from the phone and then went to the market and downloaded the "real" apps... Yeah, there is none of that crap on the real apps.

>:-(

Most of the other TMO/Samsung apps did this as well, but I deleted most of them pronto. So if you want to use layar or slacker radio... Do yourself a favor and delete them, and grab them from the market.

I actually use Amazon MP3, so I kept that one. :)

When, oh when do the CMs a come!? Get along little doggy. Yehaw. *Bullwhip* (Yay, we got Cyanogen!)
[Vibrant General] Argusi:
I'm just uninstalling them with Titanium Backup (root needed). Things that I think I MAY want back, I just back up... I found that some after uninstalling, you can see in Settings->Applications->Manage, right under 3rd party at 0 bytes. I just uninstalled from there and it appears it removed all traces.

Note: Titanium Backup is acting flaky with restores, apps go back but it FC's before restoring data. Then I have to go back and restore data only. I felt better just reinstalling from market then restoring data only from TB. But that is another thread ;)
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
could someone tell me what these apk are?

MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk

vvm-signed.apk

My list of backed up and removed files are

AccountAndSync.apk & odex

Amazon apk

Avatar.apk & odex

AddToHome.apk & odex

DualClock.apk & odex

Email.apk & odex

Infoalarm.apk & odex (daily briefing)

KindleStub.apk

layar-samsung.apk

MediaHub.apk

Memo.apk & odec

MiniDiary.apk & odec

Myfiles.apk & odex

slackerradio.apk

Telenav.apk

Writeandgo.apk & odec

I will probably take out most of the sammy widgets and some of the dull live wallpapers also. Will report back if there are any issues but they all came from other people's "safe" lists. (thanks Jonas.M and t1n0m3n)
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
couple of noob questions for you, that addtohome thing, if you uninstall that, what happens when you long press on an empty space on a home screen? launching addtohome brings up the same menu as a long press so i was wondering. Also what are the .odex files and what do they do?
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
long press on home screen brings up.... add to home menu :)

I believe removing that apk just removes the icon in the app draw, Similar to the Avatar APK which is also just an icon with a link... Not too sure about odex but read they should be removed also. When I "removed" items it was more move to a backup folder on the SD card just incase.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
Jeez, I found another one. The kindle app (which I use) was not uninstallable. It had a "remove updates" button instead. I click on remove updates, and it basically uninstalled the app, but left all of the shortcuts on the home screen and the app menu orphaned.

I had to install it from the market, uninstall it from the market, and install it from the market again to get it working correctly. Now I have a proper "uninstall" button and market updates for this app.

It seems to me like every T-mobile/Samsung pre-installed app has something wrong with it. I can't wait until we get a real rom for this phone.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
vvm-signed.apk - T-Mobile's Visual Voice Mail (If you use this, I recommend deleting this version and installing from the market instead.)

All of the stubs are basically shortcuts to the market to install the real apps. That one is the stub to install the T-Mobile "My Account" app. I removed all of the stubs. They just get in the way IMO.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
The addtohome apk just puts a shortcut in the app tray to bring up the same menu as when you long press the background. I found it annoying, so I removed it. Removing it does not effect the menu that pops up when you long press an empty space on the home screen.

As I understand it, Odex files are there to speed up boot and to lessen the dalvik-cache usage a bit.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
T1n0m3,

thanks again vvm and myact are removed myact added back from market, use GV for VM.

So its correct and safe to delete the the odex files of any apk you've removed?
[Vibrant General] borodin1:
Yes, there's no need for an odex file if you removed the apk.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
thanks brodin1
[Vibrant General] borodin1:
I should also say that before you blindly remove any apk/odex from your phone you need to back it up first, in case you may want it later or it affects something else in the system (adb pull command). Just saying it because I never know how much experience people have with this kind of things so disregard if your stuff is backed-up.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
FYI:

"adb pull /system/app"

will grab all of the system APKs at once. (Without quotes)
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
I've been using root explorer and the "move" function to move apk and odec from sytem/app to sdcard/backuporiginalapps.

I've been burnt before, I always backup now.
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
Thanks guys!

Interesting, I havent had any problems with VVM or Layar, havent launched sims or kindle, and i deleted mobi tv and slacker because i'd never, ever use them. Your saying theres a better version of visual voicemail than what im using (it seems to have all the features i'd expect)? and Layar as well?
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
Well from what I have seen, the Layar app looks completely different than the one in the market. I would suspect that the vvm app would look the same since it is from t-mobile. The Layar app wanted to charge my mobile account monthly. Also they all seem to have issues updating when market updates become available.
[Vibrant General] cjbrigol:
Thanks for this!!
[Vibrant General] ohthecommotion:
So basically I'm the dumbest idiot ever and deleted an APK that I shouldn't have. But, I don't know what it was. Does anyone have a list of APKs that you shouldn't delete? Is there any way to reinstall these if you didn't back them up?

It was related to media because none of my ringtones work. Also, is anyone having issues with the Market after rooting? I can't seem to download anything anymore.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
I hope this helps you locate what you nukes. Screen shot from Droid Explorer of apps still in system/app

http://img842.imageshack.us/i/apps.png/

Below are the items I have removed.

AccountAndSync.apk & odex

Amazon apk

Avatar.apk & odex

AddToHome.apk & odex

DualClock.apk & odex

Email.apk & odex

Infoalarm.apk & odex (daily breifing)

KindleStub.apk

layar-samsung.apk

MediaHub.apk

Memo.apk & odec

MiniDiary.apk & odec

MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk

Myfiles.apk & odex

slackerradio.apk

Telenav.apk

vvm-signed.apk

Writeandgo.apk & odec

As for what is safe to keep... I think the list is far shorter if you look at what is safe to nuke. t1n0m3n has posted a great list in this thread you are reading now. This thread also has some great tips but its for the international version so some items are different link
[Vibrant General] ohthecommotion:
I think I deleted the APK for "My Device." Is there some way to get this so I can reinstall it? If it's on the market, I can't get it, because nothing is downloading to the market.

Maybe someone could email it to me? =)
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
I'd be more than happy to... please pm email addy

EDIT: I just looked in the system/app for mydevice and did not see it... could you give the full name?
[Vibrant General] ohthecommotion:
I actually just found a RAR of all the apks that came with the phone...now my problem is none of them will install. When I use ADB to install them, it returns [install_failed_dexopt].

*sigh*...maybe I should just unroot and see if T-Mobile will replace this.
[Vibrant General] cojonesx:
did you try just copying them back to /system/app/ ?
[Vibrant General] ohthecommotion:
I can't push them with adb because I need root, and though the phone is rooted, adb is telling me it can't run as root. Is there another way?
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
root explorer can do it... put the apks on your SD (internal or external) and use root explorer to move them to system/app... You can do multi select to save time :)
[Vibrant General] cojonesx:
try adb shell, then su -

then copy from from sdcard or something

how did you delete them if you didn't have root access to begin with?
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
Don't forget to do a "adb remount" first.
[Vibrant General] Essien:
I had problems getting my /system folder to be rw so that I could use adb push to reinstall an app. You should be able to use busybox to cp a file to the /system/app folder from the sdcard.

What I did to reinstall an app was:

adb push /filename /sdcard

adb shell

su

busybox cp /sdcard/filename /system/app

make sure you copy the apk and the odex file.
[Vibrant General] TeKiZeRo:
This is my first Android phone and I would like to delete the stock apps as well. I'm just wondering if anyone could spare 5-10 minutes of their time to help walk me through how to do this? I read the threads and tried to download ADB, but I'm getting lost halfway through.

Thanks you!
[Vibrant General] acjames:
Where did you find the rar with all the apks because i deleted mms.apk and now magically i cant get mms messages. Lol
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
TeKiZeRo,

Easiest way:

- get root

- Create a backup folder on your SD card (you don't want to lose important files)

- use "root explorer" app to "move" the apps to the backup folder. (you can multi select in root explorer make it much quicker.)

Look through this thread for what is safe to move.
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
After removing AccountAndSync.apk, have you had any problems getting into the application through Settings -> Accounts & Sync? I removed the apk using Titanium Backup, thinking it would just remove the icon and not the entire app. Upon removig it, the option was still listed in the Settings menu. However, when I tried to use it, the app failed to start and the option is now missing from the Settings menu entirely. In addition, when I'm in the Contacts app and try to go to Menu -> More -> Accounts, the app Force Closes.

Thanks,

Yogi
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
Have you actually been able to restore any of the system apps that you uninstalled using Titanium Backup? I uninstalled a bunch of the bloatware, but one of the items that I removed I need to restore. It is the Accounts & Sync app. I had done a backup of the app in Titanium Backup before uninstalling it, but when I tried to restore it, there was no Restore button. I looked around and found this page for Titanium Backup (http://matrixrewriter.com/android) that states in FAQ #10:

#10: Why is the "Restore" button disabled for some system apps ?

◦System apps are part of your ROM, so Titanium Backup will only backup their data (not the apps themselves). For this reason, if you backup a system app, and then switch to a ROM where that app is missing, Titanium Backup obviously cannot restore the data for it.

Just wanted to see if you've had any luck with restoring system apps, because it looks like from their FAQ, it doesn't work.
[Vibrant General] MichaelB91:
Is there an easier way to do this?
[Vibrant General] HoOnZ:
some helpful posts here. Now time to clean some apps out. :)
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
Okay, I figured out what happened. Titanium Backup shows two "Accounts and Sync" apps... one is the actual app and the other is the icon that links to the app. I had removed both accidentally. I downloaded the AccountAndSync.apk someone posted in another thread and installed it with ADB. It brought the icon back, but not the actual application.
[Vibrant General] Neffstarr:
duuude i forgot to back up one app MMS.apk

how can i get it back.. or can some one send it to me please
[Vibrant General] Neffstarr:
yes me too help !!
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
I found this which appears to have the mms.apk your looking for.

http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_developer_display.asp?developerid=63#311
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
dont you guys need this: AccountAndSync.apk & odex for the system to connect to your email, and sync your contacts or save your contacts to your gmail account???
[Vibrant General] Neffstarr:
i try and try but could not reinstall Mms.apk ...i went through adb too?
[Vibrant General] filbertman:
This is what I did.

After rooting the phone, I used Terminal Emulator to su and did everything via command line.

cd /system

mkdir app.bak

cd app

mv XXXX.apk ../app.bak

mv XXXX.odex ../app.bak

repeat as needed. This way all your apk and odex files are backed up in a nearby directory.

Reboot phone

Go to Settings > Apps > Manage and clean out all the orphaned apps.

One problem was the delete/backspace doesn't work in Terminal Emulator so you have to type accurately, though if you type it wrong it will usually just give an error. I'm not sure if it's b/c of Swype or if it is any soft KB (didn't bother trying). To minimize typing, you could always do "mv amaz* ../app.bak" or something like that, which would also move both the apk and odex at the same time (where applicable) just be careful you don't move too many things.

In case you don't want them, "ls *amsung*" shows some of the Samsung Widgets which are:

CalendarClock

FeedAndUpdate

StockClock

WeatherClock

What's the verdict on this ThinkFree Office thing (I already have Document To Go)? I found a thinkdroid.apk, is that it?
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
There are two different apk files. The first is AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and odex which is the actual Accounts & Sync app. The second is the AccountAndSync.apk and odex which are just the icon in the launcher. You can remove just AccountAndSync.apk and odex and still access Accounts & Sync by going through the the Settings menu.
[Vibrant General] Neffstarr:
i want to reinstall Mms.apk and i CAN'T seem to get it right -=- here are some snap shots with another cell last night

http://tweetphoto.com/34115420

http://tweetphoto.com/34115139

http://tweetphoto.com/user/2800307
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Thanks for the list. I used Titanium Backup and ripped though. I also removed that mobitv and gogo. I don't plan on using it and so far no issues.
[Vibrant General] Goog1e Phone:
Is anyone having trouble using Root Explorer to move apps back into /system/app?

Root Explorer works fine to move the apps to my SD card, but when I try reinstall/move an apk back into my /system/app, for some reason it won't work with Root Explorer. Plus, I don't have access to ADB for the weekend. Any ideas?
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
stuff that is added

Here is a list of applications added by the carrier I found browsing. I figure this could help others figure out what the phone does not NEED.

Both

All Share

Daily Briefing

Files (My files on the captive)

Media Hub

Memo

Mini Diary

MobiTV

Video Player

Voice Recorder

Voice Search

Write and Go

Vibrant Only

Accounts & sync

Add to Home

Alarm & Clocks

Amazon MP3

Audio Postcard

Avatar

Call Log

GoGo

Kindle

Layar

My Account

My Device

Slacker

Swype Tips

TeleNav GPS

The Sims 3

ThinkFree Office

Vistual Voicemail

Voice Dialer

Captivate only

AT&T FamilyMap

AT&T Hot Spots

AT&T Maps

AT&T Music

AT&T Navigator

AT&T Radio

Instant Messaging

Mobile Banking

Mobile Video

Where

YPmobile
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
I noticed if I tried to "Copy" the files back into /system/app using Root Explorer, it wouldn't work. It wouldn't give me an error, but the files just didn't copy over. If I use "Move", the files went over fine and everything worked.
[Vibrant General] Goog1e Phone:
Hmmmmm strange mine isn't copying over or moving over. The files just don't show up. It says its moving the apps and it gives me that spinning waiting icon but nothing copies or moves over. Hmmmmm this is weird.
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
Are you trying to move the .apk and .odex files one at a time or are you using Multi-select? I don't think it should matter, but I used Multi-select?
[Vibrant General] Goog1e Phone:
I used multi select. I tried to both ways and still no luck. So you moved the files back and just restarted the phone right? And it was there?

Can you tell me what version of root explorer you have?
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
I had this happen to me also... I know this is a pain, but... when I moved all files that I had removed from system/app back they all showed up and worked... I have no clue why doing it one at a time does not work... You can move them out one at a time but not back.
[Vibrant General] jinx8402:
Hey, I noticed in astro that if you go up to root and browse to /system/app you are given the option to 'browse file' or 'open app manager'. If you click 'open app manager' you can click 'uninstall'. I have not tried to uninstall anything...was wondering if anyone else has tried.

BTW i do not have root
[Vibrant General] jbarr08:
Let me add my voice to the chorus clammering for the location of this rar. I didn't backup the bloatware and now I'm getting nervous, even though the phone's running like a champ. :o A little peace of mind would be super. Anyone able to help a brother out? Thx.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
It will say uninstall unsuccessful. Doesn't work even on root.
[Vibrant General] Big_Tom:
If (assuming you got root access) you go through this it should work:

adb shell

su

cd /system/app

mv <filename>.apk <filename>.bak

This way you keep the original file and it does not show up in the program overview any more.
[Vibrant General] Goog1e Phone:
Finally it worked. I had an older version of Root Explorer! Lol, that's why I need to update more frequently. Thanks again for all your help guys.
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
For anyone who needs the backup of the original apps you can grab them at http://samsungvibranthacks.com/samsung-vibrant-hacks/samsung-vibrant-system-dump-default-apps/

I am yet to tinker with removing the bloatware, I wanna give the phone another week of "break-in" period LOL
[Vibrant General] jbarr08:
Gracias for the app link!
[Vibrant General] Greenarcher707:
Works without any problems. Got rid of some useless bloatware.
[Vibrant General] bromat80:
I just wanted to say thank you for this advise. Worked like a charm.
[Vibrant General] boner2007:
RooT ManageR

Root manager really is the easy way to remove the apps

>Root manager

>System apps

>app backup/restore

>Menu Button >Check all >Menu Button >Backup

>App Remover

>Select the apks and odex's you want to remove and then reboot phone after you selected to remove the ones you want. You don't need to reboot after each one like the system will tell you to (you can though if you feel safer doing it that way).

After the reboot is done, the selected apps are gone.

Went from a G1 on ZX Donut 2.8 to this awesome Samsung Vibrant. Root is way easier on this phone. Decided this phone was the best buy over all the other new phones that just came out with Verizon and T-Mobile. But the DroidX is good for someone with big hands IMO.